Standing in the middle of the Atacama Desert, it’s easy to feel like the only person on Earth. The region is isolated and one of the driest regions in the world. Drier deserts can only be found at the ...

Desert architecture is an architecture born out of harsh, unforgiving environments, where buildings need to contend with intense heat and sunlight and low humidity and water supply. They adapt using ...

For five days I’ve been travelling along the straight line of the 1325km-long Anne Beadell Highway. This somewhat grandly named – but deteriorating – bush track stretches from the opal town of Coober ...

Saudi Arabia's usually sun-baked deserts have been transformed into an unexpected winter scene in recent days, as snow blanketed parts of the Al-Jawf region in the northern Al-Nafūd desert. The rare ...

Sandbox is one of my most anticipated games right now, not because of what I'll be able to do with the creation tool, but because of all the unique and bizarre game modes everyone else will come up ...

Between July and September every year, rainfall north of the equator in Africa increases due to monsoon season. Such stormy weather occurs when the tropical air from near the equator meets the hot, ...

Dummy models for the device varied too, with some leaning into the brown angle, while others were more gold. It turns out, none of them captured the final product all that well. I’ve been trying to ...

Increasingly frequent and severe heat waves in the Southwest are damaging some desert plants known for thriving in harsh conditions. Saguaro cacti and agave have both suffered in sweltering weather ...

The arid Californian landscapes form a key part of the story behind High Desert House, a new home and studio by San Francisco based architect Ryan Leidner. The project’s clients, painter Heather Day ...

The macOS Sequoia 15 and 15.1 betas that Apple provided to developers today officially introduce new macOS Sequoia wallpapers that first popped up last week. The wallpapers feature the sequoia trees ...

Patrick Woodhead has spent months in the ­Antarctic wilderness, setting records as part of the youngest and fastest team to reach the South Pole in 2002, and later as leader of the first team to make ...

J.S. Gornael has a BA in English with a Creative Writing Emphasis in Poetry and an MFA in Fiction. He has taken workshops in poetry, fiction, and non-fiction (though mostly the second). Half-cinephile ...